This Year's Structures!

Youth Volunteer Corps of Reading 8th Annual Canstructure Competition! 

Stay tuned for this year's theme...


As we prepare for the 2025 Canstructure competition, you can stay updated by visiting the YVC of Reading Facebook and Instagram pages! If you're interested in registering your team for this year's competition, please reach out to Build@voiceupberks.org for more information, or to submit your team registration, which can be found on the Important Documents and Forms page.

Teams are eligible for the following awards. For more information on scoring, check out the Canstructure Rubric on the Important Documents and Forms page.


2025 Canstructure Awards

Best Original Design

Honorable Mention: Best Original Design

Best Use of Original Can Labels

Best Use of STEM Concepts

Most Educational Video

Rookie of the Year

Heaviest Donation

People's Choice Award


Below are the 2024 submissions. To view the winning teams, please visit the 2024 Around the World page in the Gallery!

2024 Submissions

Exeter Junior High School

Sponsored by Fulton Bank

Exeter Senior High Leo Club

Sponsored by Heeby's Surplus Inc.

Girl Scouts of Eastern PA

Sponsored by EnerSys

Green Valley Elementary School

Sponsored by Fulton Bank

Hunger Fighters (Wilson High School)

Sponsored by Performance Toyota

Junior Hunger Fighters (Wilson West Middle School)

Sponsored by Heeby's Surplus Inc.

Muhlenberg Junior High School

Sponsored by Performance Toyota

Northwest Middle School

Sponsored by Windsor Garden Design

Olivet's West Reading Elementary Center

Sponsored by EnerSys

Penn-Bernville Elementary School

Sponsored by Visions Federal Credit Union

Schuylkill Valley Junior Honor Society

Sponsored by New Castle Lawn & Landscape

Southern Middle School 

Sponsored by Performance Toyota

Southwest Middle School

Sponsored by Visions Federal Credit Union

West Reading Elementary Center

Sponsored by RKL

Youth Volunteer Corps of Philadelphia

Sponsored by Fulton Bank